haha jk but that's cushing's, may be caused by pred!Hoping for a cure, this is what I think helps me:cigs for constipation, garlic, multiple brands of probiotics, Spirulina and Chrollela (nasty! but seems to help), high lignan flax oil, Apriso (occasionally), Canasa (dipped in liquid vitamin E sometimes), sfRowasa.

No, I dropped Uceris after bravely sticking it out for two weeks. I'll revise my sig to make that more clear. It appears to me that Uceris was effective only in the respect that it solidified my stool -- unfortunately for me, it did not move my stool and so for almost two weeks I was evacuating blood and mucus almost exclusively, putting me now in the unenviable position of having to try to gauge whether a laxative would help or harm. It helped on Tuesday & Wednesday and I think maybe I'll try it one last time tomorrow to be sure I'm not impacted -- I haven't yet seen "normal" stool but only smallish, hard pieces.

Elvis's downfall was his fear of insomnia. I don't want mine to be fear of constipation, but I do feel like this is the worst case scenario.dx 4/09 (1 week before breast cancer dx) with mild to moderate UC through mid-transverse colon4.8 g Lialda; cortisone enemas nightlyRenewLife Ultimate Flora 80 billion; L-Glutamine; FlorastorGluten free since 8/12 + in remission since 9/125/8/13 ate gluten & began flare5/22 began Uceris; 6/4 40 mg prednisone

She asked because my sig indicated the start date for each but did not say that I stopped the Uceris and they are not drugs to be prescribed simultaneously.dx 4/09 (1 week before breast cancer dx) with mild to moderate UC through mid-transverse colon4.8 g Lialda; cortisone enemas nightlyRenewLife Ultimate Flora 80 bln; L-Glutamine; FlorastorGluten free since 8/12 + in remission since 9/125/8/13 ate gluten & began flare5/22 began Uceris; 6/4 switched to 40 mg prednisone

colitis91895 said...@Andrina why did you ask if janey47 is taking uceris and pred at the same time? because i am. Just curious

I was taking them together too but I was tapering pred at that time.Diagnosed with UC in '02Past treatments: Prednisone, Mesalazine, Azathioprine (1.5 year semi-remission), MTX, Sulfasalazine, Remicade (2 year remission), Humira, Entocort, LDN, Uceris, ColazalLast coloscopy on 2/28/2013 showed pancolitis

colitis91895 said...@Andrina why did you ask if janey47 is taking uceris and pred at the same time? because i am. Just curious

I was taking them together too but I was tapering pred at that time.Oh okay. When i started uceris i was at 30 mg i believe and im tapering my prednisone dose now. Today was my last day at 10 mg soon i will be off prednisone :)

colitis91895 said...@Andrina why did you ask if janey47 is taking uceris and pred at the same time? because i am. Just curious

I was taking them together too but I was tapering pred at that time.Oh okay. When i started uceris i was at 30 mg i believe and im tapering my prednisone dose now. Today was my last day at 10 mg soon i will be off prednisone :)I hope Uceris will work for you. It did wonders for me. I didn't respond too well on 60 mg pred but Uceris has been a life saver for me.

I never had any problems but I'd listen to the GI. I needed to do a dexa scan on pred before and my bone density is lower than usual in my age.Diagnosed with UC in '02Past treatments: Prednisone, Mesalazine, Azathioprine (1.5 year semi-remission), MTX, Sulfasalazine, Remicade (2 year remission), Humira, Entocort, LDN, Uceris, ColazalLast coloscopy on 2/28/2013 showed pancolitis